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1931 Books & Bestsellers |
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1931 Fiction Top Ten Books |
| (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck 2. Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather 3. A White Bird Flying by Bess Streeter Aldrich 4. Grand Hotel by Vicki Baum 5. Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes 6. The Road Back by Erich Maria Remarque 7. The Bridge of Desire by Warwick Deeping 8. Back Street by Fannie Hurst 9. Finch’s Fortune by Mazo de la Roche 10. Maid in Waiting by John Galsworthy |
1931 Non-Fiction Books |
| 1. Education of a Princess by Grand Duchess Marie 2. The Story of San Michele by Axel Munthe 3. Washington Merry-Go-Round by Anonymous (Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen) 4. Boners: Being a Collection of Schoolboy Wisdom or Knowledge by Alexander Abingdon, illus. Dr. Seuss 5. Culbertson’s Summary by Ely Culbertson 6. Contract Bridge Blue Book by Ely Culbertson 7. Fatal Interview by Edna St. Vincent Millay 8. The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams 9. Mexico by Stuart Chase 10. New Russia’s Primer by Mikhail Ilin |
1931 Notable Literature |
| Philosophy and Civilization by John Dewey Axel’s Castle by Edmund Wilson Autobiography by Lincoln Steffens Reason and Nature by Morris R. Cohen My Fight for Birth Control by Margaret Sanger Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather American Humor by Constance Rourke The Joy of Cooking by Irma Rombauer Permanent Revolution by Leon Trotsky |
1931 Book of the Month Club Selections |
| Education of a Princess by Grand Duchess Marie Grand Hotel by Vicki Baum The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck Men of Art by Thomas Craven The Square Circle by Denis Mackail New Russia’s Primer: The Story of the Five-Year Plan by Mikhail Ilin, translated by George S. Counts and Nucia P. Lodge Father by Elizabeth von Arnim Living Philosophies by Albert Einstein et al. Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather Susan Spray by Sheila Kaye-Smith S.S. San Pedro by James Gould Cozzens The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams Job by Joseph Roth Only Yesterday by Frederick Lewis Allen |
| 1931 Nobel Prize in Literature Most Popular Books of 1931, according to GoodReads |